Economics and Investing:

G.G. forwarded this link: The rest of the world goes West when America prints more money. Here is a key quote: “This crazy money-printing is going to be seen as the primary cause of Western inflation, food riots and a commodity price spike.”

Reader J.B.G. sent this: Is Soros Betting on U.S. Financial Collapse?

Also from J.B.G.: Two Million People About to Be Denied Unemployment Benefits

Frequent content contributor B.B. sent this: Chinese Credit Rater Downgrades U.S.

Jon in New York flagged this: Centro, facing money problems, plans to combine, eliminate routes north and west of Syracuse. Jon noted: “Comments following the story can be very enlightening about how ignorant people truly are about how such services are funded and just how few people actually use those services.”

Items from The Economatrix:

Coming Inflation To Not Only Make Dollar Worth Less, But Worthless!

Packagers and Supermarkets Pressured to Pass Along Rising Costs

Credit Suisse:  QE2 Just Made China’s Inflation Threat Much, Much Worse

The Price of Oil is Going Up, The Price of Food is Going Up, and Now Here Comes Quantitative Easing